Safety Recall for engines FOR HYBRID OWNERS ONLY-- chime in if you are having issues

Creating this thread for all the hybrid owners since we are not part of the Recall.... Yet..... It is the same engine.

 

Not an owner yet, but sub'd because I was going to pull the trigger 6/5 on a 1794 Long Bed Hybrid... holding off a bit due to this fiasco. I'm waiting for the dust to settle.

 

took over 2 years to get this far....how long is it going to take for the dust to settle?

 

The dust will never settle on the engine. But the dust will settle in my mind on whether or not I want to own an iForce Max in short order.

 

The forbidden glitter will settle faster

 

Sooooo... as a Hybrid owner... what exactly is the point of this thread?

 

This is probably going to mislead some owners as the title actually has a recall number! The dealership's phones will be ringing off their hooks.

 

Yes, I'm curious as to the point of this well.

 

Agreed

 

There is no recall currently for the Hybrid model.

misinformation

 

This is why I clicked on the thread, I thought there was new information.

Nope.

/thread

 

Well, it would be hagrid approved lol

 

@hagrid

 

Yet

 

Where there is that problem.....dang
Hate to see that.

 

It seems that the debris might not be the entire issue? If the cleaning process was corrected in January of 2023 and these are still popping, maybe the issue is something else? Just thinking out loud. At least the hybrid can still drive a bit and steer and stop! Lucky hybrid owners!

 

But how many of those engines were produced before January '23 and sat until they were ready to go in? Production date on the truck doesn't mean much, it's the engine build date that counts, now how can we figure that out?

 

It's been posted here that the motors are built 10 days before the truck's build date which means the motors aren't collecting dust.

 

OP needs to edit title to include the prefix OFFICIAL:

 

According to the official document from Toyota they seemed to be hot on the trail at the beginning of 2023. That explains why some Feb and March 2023 trucks have not been included in the recall as of yet. Toyota got the dirty engine process cleaned up and the failures potentially slowed down.

So the missing part to all of this is why the trucks after January 2023 are seeing issues that are probably the same failures with the main bearings seizing up. So does that mean that maybe the debris is the main bearing material coming apart. Maybe why the oil analysis' are coming up with higher silver readings??

There is still some more details that need to come out before we really understand.

In the meantime, my Tundra will sit, with the knowledge that my truck can create an unsafe situation, I can't put my family or others in danger and knowing that this failure can create the potential just makes me want park it. Also, I don't want to be liable with the knowledge that I could hurt someone.

I asked my dealer for a truck loaner today. I also told them that I was going to bring my truck to their lot and leave it there until it gets a new motor. I don't expect that they will accept either of these asks. So it will sit in the driveway and I will take the battery out and store it til something changes. Then I will start the chain of calls and emails to Toyota Customer Service (if that even exists) and see where that gets me.

I told them that I don't want to trade it in and lose a bunch of money. I want them to make my truck operate without the black cloud hanging over it.

I will also bring up the rebuild process and how that doesn't work for me after the mess I have seen in some of these threads.

"How long will this take" is going to be the biggest question?

**mod edit for copyright information***

 

Man am I sad to see this. So sorry for you and all of us.

 

I'm worried...is the title using the actual copyrighted material?

Sarcasm for corporate lawyers intended.

 

Hello,
2022 toyota tundra limited (hybrid). I have been bringing my truck into Right Toyota (Scottsdale, AZ), since I bought it in Oct 2022, for a knocking in my engine (I was the first person at that dealership to bring my truck in for these issues BEFORE the recall went out). I've had multiple instances where I am driving and I randomly lose power to my gas pedal, one of which when I was trying to pass a semi-truck, and almost caused an accident. I took my truck in on December 31st after I was making a right turn on red (oncoming traffic) and I lost power again. Toyota has done 2 ECU tunes to try and work out the knocking (it is still happening), but I am having trouble figuring out the catalyst to re-create the engine power loss. I saw that a class action lawsuit has been generated against Toyota that specifically calls out them ignoring the hybrid engines, even though they showing the same symptoms. I got my truck back and it immediately starting showing the same symptoms, so now the head technician is driving my truck as his daily to see if he can re-create it (40 miles from his house to work..). I am concerned for my safety, should they tell me I just have to deal. Has anyone made any headway with a dealership and/or the mothership (toyota corporate)? I assume not since the lawsuit just got generated, but I thought I'd put feelers out if there were ANY success stories.

Also, has anyone been in contact with the plantiffs of the lawsuit? How do we join (unsure how that whole process works)

 

My truck died on me in traffic as I was driving it. and wouldn’t restart then finally started kinda so I was able to get out of traffic.
I decided to try driving it and as soon as I gave it gas the truck would shake and couldn’t get up to speed. Toyota picked it up the next day. It’s been there a week and a half now and was told Toyota is sending someone to look at it. But wasn’t told what the problem is. Now sounds like they plan on fixing it. Nothing about replacing the motor. Now I’m worried. 50,500. Miles

 

@Tim L Lex - very interested to hear about the symptom and outcome of your issue. Please keep us all posted.

 

I will keep you all posted as I learn more. Thanks

 

The debris issue was not fully resolved until Early November 2024.

 

I am interested to see how far you will get with this. Prior to buying my Tundra (July '24 build), I owned a '23 GMC Canyon Denali that was a nightmare. Engine was strong and ran great. That was the best part of the vehicle. The worst part was the infotainment system which took a crap on a regular basis. Then the extreme freeway wind noise coming from the windshield and rubber padding flapping in the wind under the hood, etc. Dealer wouldn't help at all. They said they couldn't recreate the problems, which I believe was a total cop out. The final straw was I was on the freeway at 2:30am and the infotainment system completely shut down my lights & instrument cluster, but the engine stayed on. I was able to maneuver off the freeway without further incident. That was it, I got rid of it to save myself. From what I have seen lately, is all the new trucks are having issues which each manufacturer appears to be denying as much as possible and/or purposely slowing down the process to address the issues down to a snails pace. Even telling people (as with Toyota) that any after market upgrades automatically void your warranty in violation of the Magnuson-Moss Warranty Act. I guess Toyota believes their lawyers will outlast your complaints. Customer relations has taken a big hit and growing, but they may be just too big to care anymore. Not the old Toyota I once knew.

 

My 2023 capstone with 18 k miles blew last November.

engine was assembled with all new parts and turbos.

build date is Nov 2022.

2 month process.

filed a lemon law claim and Toyota is buying it back.

hybrids clearly have the same issue.

also verified my replacement build has the updated block part number.

I’m gonna buy a 2025